Stephen was appointed Chief Financial Officer in August 2019. In September 2025, Stephen’s portfolio was expanded to drive value creation and growth for the Group as Chief Value Officer, including executive responsibility for complementary businesses, Petstock and PFD, together with his existing oversight of the Group’s finance, property and M&A functions.
Prior to this, Stephen was Finance Director for Australian Food between 2015 to 2019 and Endeavour Drinks between 2013 to 2015. Before joining Woolworths Group, Stephen worked for a number of leading FMCG businesses across Australia and New Zealand, including Valspar ANZ (formerly Wattyl Paints) and Bluebird Foods, a subsidiary of PepsiCo. Stephen holds a Bachelor of Economics, Accounting and Finance from Macquarie University and is a Chartered Accountant.